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A multitude of inscriptions covered the facade of this house, but they were unfortunately lost in the bombardment of 1943. In the front, the house is laid out around an atrium with a basin in the centre, surrounded by the various rooms. The first cubicle on the left is decorated with full II style paintings with the name of the owner of the house, Valens, scratched into one of the walls. In another cubicle, on the right, the discovery of a casket with precious objects and ointment jars would seem to indicate that it was the mistress’s bedroom. On this side there is also a rectangular hall with birds and other animals painted on the back-ground walls. As usual, the b ... continue

(Apic. 7, 11, 4) Ingredients:

• 140 gr plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp ground rosemary
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 70 gr ground almonds
• 50 ml white grape juice
• 50 ml passum(or other 50ml white grape juice)
• 2 tbsp honey
• Milk
• Chopped hazelnuts

Instructions:
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Mix the flour in a bowl with the baking powder. Add the rosemary, almonds and cinnamon to the bowl. Mix well. ... continue

Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.